Lead DevOps & Platform Engineer

Adfenix AB; Göteborgs kommun; Hybrid; SEK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid or remote work setup

Competitive ping-pong culture

Job summary

Realforce is seeking a Lead DevOps & Platform Engineer to own our cloud infrastructure, deployment platforms, and developer tooling. You will architect scalable systems and also code to empower product teams.

You will evolve our stack, introduce self-service capabilities, and drive automation, reliability, and security. This autonomous role shapes a global platform from the ground up.

Qualifications

• Own cloud infrastructure and platform strategy with hands-on implementation.
• Experience managing production cloud infra on AWS and containers in Kubernetes.
• Modern Infrastructure as Code (Pulumi or Terraform) and GitOps via Argo CD.
• Automated delivery pipelines and scripting for CI/CD (Jenkins/Argo).
• Observability stacks (ELK, Sentry, Prometheus/Grafana) and incident response.
• Production databases experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, Elasticsearch.

Responsibilities

• Drive Platform Strategy & Architecture for cloud infra, CI/CD, and developer experience.
• Build and scale AWS & Kubernetes infrastructure for high availability.
• Automate with IaC and GitOps workflows.
• Elevate developer experience with self-service platforms and CI/CD automation.
• Own observability, logging, monitoring, and incident response.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Platform strategy

DevOps leadership

Automation

Scripting (Python/Bash)

CI/CD

Observability

Security

Tools

Pulumi

Terraform

Argo CD

Jenkins

ELK Stack

Sentry

PostgreSQL

MariaDB

Job description

Job Description

Realforce is looking for a Lead DevOps & Platform Engineer to take complete ownership of our cloud infrastructure, deployment platforms, and developer tooling. As our sole DevOps specialist, you will be both the strategist and the builder - architecting scalable systems while getting your hands dirty in the code to empower our product engineering teams.

You will play a pivotal role in evolving our tech stack, introducing self-service capabilities, and driving a culture of automation, reliability, and security. If you thrive in a high-impact, autonomous role where you can shape the future of a global platform from the ground up, this is for you.

Responsibilities – What You’ll Do

• Drive Platform Strategy & Architecture: Own the long-term vision for our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and developer experience.


• Build & Scale AWS & Kubernetes: Design, deploy, and maintain scalable, high-availability cloud infrastructure on AWS and Kubernetes.


• Automate Everything: Implement Infrastructure as Code using Pulumi and drive GitOps workflows using Argo CD.


• Elevate Developer Experience: Build self-service platforms and CI/CD automation (Jenkins/Argo) to enable product teams to ship code fast, safely, and independently.


• Observability & Operations: Own system health, logging, and monitoring using Sentry and the ELK Stack, taking the lead on incident response and post-mortems.


• Database & Data Reliability: Ensure performance, backup, and scaling strategies for our production databases (PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Elasticsearch).


• Champion Best Practices: Act as the go-to expert for cloud security, networking, cost optimization, and modern DevOps culture across the engineering organization.

Requirements – Who You Are & Key Skills

• Full Ownership Mindset: Comfortable being the primary technical expert for infrastructure, balancing high-level planning with daily execution.


• AWS & Kubernetes: Deep, hands‑on experience managing production cloud infrastructure on AWS and containerized workloads in Kubernetes.


• IaC & GitOps: Modern Infrastructure as Code expertise with Pulumi (or Terraform) and declarative deployments via Argo CD.


• CI/CD & Scripting: Strong experience maintaining automated delivery pipelines (Jenkins/Argo) and proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash, or similar).


• Observability: Practical experience setting up and managing logging and monitoring suites (ELK, Sentry, Prometheus/Grafana, etc.).


• Data Infrastructure: Background operating production databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, Elasticsearch) with a focus on reliability and performance.


• Pragmatic Collaborator: Ability to guide software engineers on cloud security, networking, and DevOps practices in an Agile setup.

Nice to Have

• Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).


• Hands‑on experience with AWS cloud cost optimization (FinOps).


• Disaster recovery planning and multi‑region AWS architectures.

Our Offer to You

• True Ownership: Unmatched autonomy to design, build, and lead the platform strategy of a rapidly growing global startup.


• High Impact: You will directly shape how our entire engineering team builds and ships software.


• Supportive Culture: Work alongside high‑achieving peers in Gothenburg, Stockholm, or Malmö with a strong focus on collaboration (and competitive ping‑pong).


• Flexibility: Hybrid or remote work setup to fit your lifestyle.